EP0125312B1 - Safety closure and container - Google Patents

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EP0125312B1
EP0125312B1 EP84900192A EP84900192A EP0125312B1 EP 0125312 B1 EP0125312 B1 EP 0125312B1 EP 84900192 A EP84900192 A EP 84900192A EP 84900192 A EP84900192 A EP 84900192A EP 0125312 B1 EP0125312 B1 EP 0125312B1
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Carl W. Cooke
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/06—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with bayonet cams, i.e. removed by first pushing axially to disengage the cams and then rotating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D2201/00—Details relating to filtering apparatus
    • B01D2201/40—Special measures for connecting different parts of the filter
    • B01D2201/4015—Bayonet connecting means

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  • This invention relates to closures for containers and more particularly to closures and containers having a locking feature so that when the closure is sealingly engaged on a container the cap is locked thereon and can be removed only by special manipulation.
  • Safety closures are designed to lock onto a container in such a fashion as to make their removal difficult, particularly for children.
  • Safety closures are typically used in connection with containers for drugs, medicines, corrosive materials, and the like, which can cause serious injury if opened by children. For example, it is required that certain pharmaceuticals be dispensed from containers provided with safety closures in order to avoid such unintended opening.
  • closure and container are adapted for use with harmless substances
  • closure in many cases, however, it is preferred to utilize the closure in a more conventional fashion without the locking feature simply by engaging thread elements of the closure and container and simply torquing the cap into a sealing position or by a simple snap lock.
  • One type of prior art device employs a two-sided closure in which conventional thread elements are provided on one side of the closure for engagement with corresponding thread elements on the inner surface of the mouth portion of the container and the other side provided with lugs which are engageable with corresponding locking elements on the outer surface of the neck of the container.
  • the present invention is an improved closure and container where the closure can be utilized as a safety closure, which, when in the sealing position, is locked onto the container, or which can be utilized as a snap-on closure or as a conventional twist-on closure without the safety locking feature.
  • the invention comprises a container having a neck portion and an opening, a closure for the container having a top wall for sealing the opening of the neck portion of the container and a cylindrical skirt portion adapted to receive the neck portion of the container, resilient means to urge the closure axially upwardly when said closure is drawn down into the sealing position over the neck portion of the container and cooperating sets of locking elements carried on the skirt portion of the closure and the neck portion of the container, one set of locking elements being lugs spaced about the inner wall of the skirt portion, the other set of locking elements being bayonet lugs carried on the neck portion of the container, said bayonet lugs being spaced apart to define a channel between each of the bayonet lugs such that a corresponding lug can pass through said channel, each of the bayonet lugs consisting of an elongated portion extending axially with respect to the neck portion of the container and having portion extending normally to the elongated portion, the normally extending portion having an enlarged area spaced from the elongated portion
  • each bayonet lug further includes an additional end portion extending normally from the elongated portion in a direction opposite to the normally extending portion or alternatively beyond the enlarged area of the normally extending portion, and in that the surfaces of the lugs which can contact the additional end portions of the bayonet lugs before closing are disposed at an angle to define a camming surface adapted to ride over the additional end portions of the bayonet lugs, said additional end portions and the corresponding lugs cooperating to provide a positive snap-on lock responsive to the axial downward movement of the closure when the corresponding lugs are axially aligned with the additional end portions.
  • the invention comprises a container having a neck portion and an opening, a closure for the container having a top wall for sealing the opening of the neck portion of the container and a cylindrical skirt portion adapted to receive the neck portion of the container, resilient means to urge the closure axially upwardly when said closure is drawn down into the sealing position over the neck portion of the container and cooperating sets of locking elements carried on the skirt portion of the closure and the neck portion of the container, one set of locking elements being lugs spaced about the neck portion of the container adjacent the opening (again, as is known from US-A-3659735) wherein, the other set of locking elements are bayonet lugs carried on the inner wall of the skirt portion of the closure, said bayonet lugs being spaced apart to define a channel between each of the bayonet lugs such that a corresponding lug can pass through said channel, each of the bayonet lugs consisting of an elongated portion extending axially with respect to the skirt portion of the closure and having portion extending
  • the container and closure according to the first or second aspect is characterized in that the enlarged area of the normally extending portion defines a camming surface against which a corresponding lug rides for urging the closure axially downwardly responsive to the rotation of the closure.
  • a package structure comprising a container 11 and a closure 10, the closure having a top wall 12, and a depending skirt portion 14.
  • the top wall 12 is provided with suitable resilient means such as an elastomeric liner 15.
  • Locking lugs 16 are disposed about the inner wall surface of the depending skirt portion 14.
  • each of the locking lugs 16 are inclined so as to define a camming surface which aids the locking lug 16 to ride over the bayonet lug 22 when the closure 10 is utilized in the snap-on mode of operation as will be described more hereinafter.
  • the container 11 has a neck portion 18 which terminates in an opening 20.
  • the neck of the container is'provided with a plurality of bayonet lugs 22, which are disposed about the neck portion 18 adjacent the opening 20 and which are spaced apart to define channels 24 therebetween.
  • each bayonet lug 22 comprises an elongated portion 26, which extends axially away from the opening 20 of the container 11 and a leading end portion 28, which is provided with an enlarged area 30, which defines a camming surface 31, and which is spaced on the leading end portion 28 away from the elongated portion 26 to define therebetween an indent 32.
  • a trailing end 34 extends normal to the elongated portion 26 in a direction opposite to the leading end 28.
  • the trailing end member 34 is eliminated and the leading end member is extended beyond the enlarged area 30.
  • the closure can be operated in three modes of operation, i.e., as a safety lock closure, as a conventional twist-on closure, or as a snap-on closure.
  • a safety lock closure as a conventional twist-on closure
  • a snap-on closure as a closure.
  • the operation of the closure in the safety lock mode of operation is illustrated utilizing the bayonet lug 22, illustrated in Fig. 2a.
  • the neck portion 18 of the container 11 is received within the depending skirt portion 14 of the closure 10.
  • the lugs 16 of the closure are aligned with the channels 24 defined between the bayonet lugs 22.
  • the lugs 16 are brought into contact with the camming surface 31 of the enlarged area 30, causing the closure to be drawn axially downwardly against the opening 20 of the container 11 and compressing the elastomeric liner 15 on the top wall 12 of the closure.
  • the lugs 16 into alignment with corresponding indents 32 on the bayonet lugs 22 and the lugs are moved into the indent by the urging of the compressed elastomeric liner (Fig. 3c).
  • Fig. 4 The use of the closure in the twist-on mode is best illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein the lugs 16 are placed in alignment with the corresponding channels 24 on the neck portion 18 of the container 11. The closure 10 is then pressed downward slightly and twisted in a counterclockwise direction until each of the lugs 16 are disposed beneath the trailing end member of the corresponding bayonet lug 22.
  • the leading end member 28 is extended beyond the enlarged area 30 so that the closure 10 can be operated in the twist-on mode by turning it in a clockwise direction so as to bring a lug 16 of the closure under the leading end 28 of the corresponding bayonet lug.
  • the closure 10 operates in the snap-on mode by aligning the lugs 16 directly over the trailing end member 34 of the corresponding bayonet lugs 22 illustrated in Fig. 2a. Responsive to the downward urging of the closure 10, the lugs 16 are forced over the respective trailing end members 34 and snap into a locked position below the respective trailing end members. In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2b, the closure 10 is operated in the snap-on mode by aligning the lugs 16 over the extended portion of the leading end member 28.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Table Devices Or Equipment (AREA)
  • Medicinal Preparation (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
  • Burglar Alarm Systems (AREA)
  • Measuring Pulse, Heart Rate, Blood Pressure Or Blood Flow (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
EP84900192A 1982-11-22 1983-11-18 Safety closure and container Expired EP0125312B1 (en)

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AT84900192T ATE30892T1 (de) 1982-11-22 1983-11-18 Sicherheitsverschluss und behaelter.

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US06/443,486 US4434903A (en) 1982-11-22 1982-11-22 Safety closure and container
US443486 1982-11-22

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EP (1) EP0125312B1 (ja)
JP (1) JPS60500169A (ja)
AT (1) ATE30892T1 (ja)
CA (1) CA1244798A (ja)
DE (1) DE3374549D1 (ja)
DK (1) DK352484A (ja)
FI (1) FI80860C (ja)
NO (1) NO158214C (ja)
WO (1) WO1984002117A1 (ja)

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NO158214C (no) 1988-08-03
FI80860C (fi) 1990-08-10
NO842656L (no) 1984-06-29
FI842906A (fi) 1984-07-19
FI842906A0 (fi) 1984-07-19
CA1244798A (en) 1988-11-15
DK352484D0 (da) 1984-07-18
DK352484A (da) 1984-07-18
FI80860B (fi) 1990-04-30
NO158214B (no) 1988-04-25
EP0125312A1 (en) 1984-11-21
DE3374549D1 (en) 1987-12-23
ATE30892T1 (de) 1987-12-15
US4434903A (en) 1984-03-06
JPS60500169A (ja) 1985-02-07
WO1984002117A1 (en) 1984-06-07

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